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Jewish and Greek learning circles watch ordinary believers carry an unoccupied cross toward a table of service.
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1 Corinthians 1:22-25

Messiah Crucified, God’s Power and Wisdom

The Cross, Unity, and God’s Unexpected Wisdom · 1 Corinthians 1

Story guide: Jews ask for signs and Greeks seek wisdom, yet the church proclaims Messiah crucified. To the called from both groups, Messiah is God’s power and wisdom, wiser than human wisdom and stronger than human strength.

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22For Jews ask for signs, and Greeks seek wisdom.

23but we preach the Messiah crucified, to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles foolishness,

24But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Messiah is the power of God and the wisdom of God.

25Because the foolishness of God is wiser than people, and the weakness of God is stronger than people.

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